Finding Nemo

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Summary: Timeless & Classic
Review: I have loved what animators can do ever since I was a young child watching reruns of Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny, & a plethora of movies ranging from Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Cool World, and of course, Ice Age, The Lion King, et al.

By far, Finding Nemo is one of the hardworking CGI (computer animation as opposed to hand-drawn) movies since Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (a fully realized world based loosely on the video game series, albeit with no controller and a story that was so-so) that really impressed me, both visually and storywise.

The movie opened around Memorial Day 2003 and at the time, I was interested in "The Matrix Reloaded." Finding Nemo was an afterthought, however in this world I have found that a persons first thought is not always the best. But maybe we need them to appreciate the "sleeper" things, such as this adorable movie for people of any age.

I love Widescreen movies best, however, for this movie, the Fullscreen version provides more of a complete enjoyment. Set mostly underwater, you're transported to a fantasy world without prophecies of computers wiping us out in a computer program, no evil-eyed Terminator's, no bad boys blowing up things for shock value, and most importantly -not a second of wasted time.

The DVD is hitting the market at just the right time, and in the right edition. What I mean by that is, Thanksgiving and the Christmas season is upon us and it's time for family. Finding Nemo is assured to please any age and whether you silently want to despise the movie, you'll give in to rejoicing with it. At least I did, thus, it was an afterthought to see the movie at all. Why I waited having loved animated movies, I don't know. All I can come up with is that I bought into the hype of the summer sequels, which left me flummoxed at best.

The DVD extra's are done just right, not overwelming, not intrusive or boring, but filled with educational value and a great behind-the-scenes look at how this movie came about, and also, how it was animated. Grab your family and curl up for a timeless and classic movie that deserves to sit next to the best.

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Summary: Disney does it again!
Review: Definitely one of the best Disney films I have seen in years. Personally I felt Disney had been going downhill after The Lion King, give or take a few, but Finding Nemo is an EXCELLENT movie! I got it for my daughter, who loves it,but my husband and I were both equally entertained. Nemo is a handicap fish (one fin is smaller than the other) who gets taken by a fisherman as an addition to his fish collection and his over-protective, worry-wort father, Marlin, swims all the way across the ocean with help of a new friend Dory (Ellen Degenerous) to get his son back. It a beautiful story about father and son, the lengths that any parent will go to in order to protect their children, lessons in differences, and lessons in learning how to let go. Kids will love it for the goofiness and undersea visuals, adults will love it for the heart warming story and underlying jokes. No DVD or Disney collection will be complete without this one!

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Summary: This Movie is totally rock
Review: I'm from Australia, i couldn't wait to get the DVD special edition for Finding Nemo. so I bought it from America through the net. I thought this movie is really cool and it's been long time that i haven't enjoyed the movie that totally rock.
When i first saw the movie in the cinema, i went to see it twice and i sworn to myself that i definately collect the DVD for it when it first comes out. the story line is excellent, the animation is fabulous and technical welldone. i really admire the whole thing from the making of it to the whole entire movie. it's really worth collecting this fantastic DVd for Finding Nemo

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Summary: You wanna know why only 4?
Review: Yes, I love Finding Nemo, it is easily one of Pixar's greatest films. But the reason why only 4 stars is that you may wanna think at least twice before buying this dvd:
1) The sound is a little soft so you should turn the volume up just a bit. I know this isn't a big deal, just lettin ya know.
2) Bad news: they putted the dreaded full screen format on Disc 2!
3) If you wanna listen to French or Spanish track, you have to watch it in full screen. Dammit!
4) Just like the Lion King DVD, extras need more working, but they're still pretty interesting if you want to learn more detail on the film.

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Summary: cute and really hilarious
Review: pixar(makers of the famous Toy Storys, Bugs Life and Mosters Inc) comes this success involving a missing fish called Nemo and his dad has to find him,and in the process meeting strange underwater creatures. with colorful and nice animation, this one is a keeper for kids. a gem. one of the best of 2003 for kids. Albert Brooks as Nemo's fish is hilarious

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Summary: Great movie for kids and parents
Review: Finding Nemo is an amazing movie. My three-year-old daughter, my husband and I have watched it six times in the past two days. Be warned though, if you have young children, the start of the movie can be a bit scary when the mommy fish and the babies are eaten. We fast forwarded through that scene and the rest is just an underwater delight.

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Summary: Heart-warming fishy tale for the whole family
Review: What a delightful movie!
Okay so seeing Nemo's mom and siblings gobbled up by a hungry underwater predator in the first few minutes of the show made me have nightmares for a month but other than that I loved every single minute of this animated fantasy.

The plot is simple and fun. Nemo is a little clown fish with a weak and undersized flipper who wants to prove to his Dad, the over protective Marlin that he is grown-up enough to start school. Unfortunately things go wrong on the first day of school and Nemo is captured by a scuba diving dentist who takes him away in a boat and it is up to Marlin to rescue him and he sets out on an adventure of a lifetime.

Marlin meets up with the attention deficit blue tang fish Dory, voiced over by the wonderful comedienne Ellen DeGeneres and we are treated to a roller coaster ride of fun, laughter and tears as Marlin sets forth into the world beyond the safety of his coral reef home.

Other wonderful characters include Bruce the Vegetarian shark, the hippy like Sea Turtle who gives Marlin good advice, the friendly pelican, and Gill the scarred Warrior Angel Fish (William Defoe) who is forced to live in a fish tank and constantly dreams of escape.

Little Nemo's fate is to end up in a tank with a group of disparate fish and crustaceans who long to flee the confines of their glass prison. Led by Gill, Nemo finally realises his own potential as he strives to escape the clutches of Darla, the Dentist's psychotic young niece who thinks that the world and its fish are hers to scare to death.

There are many hysterically funny moments, such as Dory trying to speak whale, the seagulls who screech "Mike, Mike" all the time and try to make a meal of Marlin and Dory, along with heart stopping moments such as the ride through a wall of jelly fish and a trip in a whale's stomach.

This is a great film for the whole family, no matter what age you are, you will love this movie. Go and see it, and enjoy!

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Summary: It is NOT an adult film
Review: I want to say up front I saw this in the theatre with a 2 year old and 13 years old....the 2 year old slept through it. I knew buying the DVD exactly what I was getting. I did take the time to read the negative reviews, because I already knew the positive aspects of the film. I would like to address several ideas put forth.

1. This film is in the ocean, where there are vast areas of nothing but blue water. So would it not be realistic to see a couple fish swimming alone, in the vast ocean?

2. Violence is of course unacceptable in children's movies, that would be why we don't buy Bambi, Snow White, Peter Pan, Dumbo, Alice in Wonderland, 101 Dalmations, pinnochio, and I could name more. Violence has been part of Disney films, as long as they have been making films.

3. This is a children's film you are reviewing. To expect complicated plots with depth of character is a little silly. I know the movie has no real depth, but how many 5 year olds are looking for character development in their films?

4. Last but certainly not least, ALL Disney films without exception, the animals talk. ALL OF THEM! When striving for a theme that would appeal to children, Disney understood quite early that characters like Bambi were easy for children to relate to and like. Lets face it, Tom Hanks is a brillant actor, but my children didn't like Philidelphia or Apollo 13. However, knowing he was acting for children in the 2 ToyStory movies, they loved him as Woody (and Mr. Hanks was brillant, clearly the only choice for that role).

Think about the Disney Classics you already own, and really this is on par story wise with all of them with superior graphic.

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Summary: Worth the wait!
Review: My hubby and I saw Finding Nemo on a date night. He's not the animation type but let me pick the movie. I absolutely loved it! It was a fun movie. And the animation was absolutley amazing! I thought the movie was so GREAT that I preordered it from Amazon because I thought it would sell out overnight when released in the stores. Well it didn't. But I don't care. It's worth the wait! And will make a perfect stocking stuffer for me!

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Summary: Good movie, so-so DVD
Review: Finding Nemo is a good movie with super production and great Disney themes: family, paternal instincts, friendship, loyalty, and the parent-child conflict dynamic of protecting the child versus the ability to let go and let the progeny do things on his/her own. For those who don't know: Marlin and Coral are clownfish who produced a school's worth of eggs but Coral and all but one of the eggs are eaten by a barracuda in the first minutes of the film (scary for little ones). Nemo is the sole survivor and grows up with his overprotective dad Marlin. On his first day of educational school, Nemo is captured by a diver for his dental office's saltwater fish collection and Marlin overcomes his fears of open water to swim through the whole coast of Australia to find Nemo, aided by Dory the nutty blue tang who tracked the path of the dentist's boat.

The movie is not as funny as most of the other Pixars, though it has its moments: the Fisheaters Anonymous meetings for sharks, some of Ellen DeGeneres' scene-stealers as Dory the forgetful blue tang, the goofy fish Nemo meets in the dentist's tank who provide color commentary for dental procedures.
The movie is also more poignant than the other Pixars. And you're guaranteed never to look at fish in fishtanks the same way again.

As a DVD, the extras are not very good. There are "deleted scenes" but they were deleted at the storyboarding stage of production, so they did not get the full Pixar compu-graphic workup and are instead crude drawings with proto-type voiceovers [Pixar does an initial voice-over of the script with in-house production crew members providing the voices, then brings in the high-priced talent like DeGeneres, Albert Brooks [Marlin], Geoffrey Rush, Willem Dafoe, etc.; sometimes Pixar folks' work remains in the movie such as Crush the surfer-dude turtle in this flik, and Heimlich the fat caterpillar from A Bug's Life]. There are also some educational bits that are interesting.

But the character interviews with Dory, Marlin and Nemo are not particularly humorous or well-written, they just magnify the characters' more noted traits. Worst of all, there is NO BLOOPER SET -- the best feature of the other Pixar films (they're so popular that Monsters, Inc. had TWO Blooper sets). That is a true loss.